Change of Depth in a RAE Tube: Tube Fixation at the Midline or Angle and in a Neutral or Neck Extended Position

Kyung Hee University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depth of Tracheal Tube

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01638728

KHNMC 2012-039

KHNMC 039 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators compared the depth of the RAE tube [Preformed oral tracheal tubes were first described by Ring, Adair and Elwyn (therefore called RAE tubes)] when fixed at the midline and at the angle of the mouth, and after fixing the tube at the angle.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who are scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with anatomical defects of the face, neck, or upper airway

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

Endotracheal tube